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There’s some zombies and skeletons, but that’s about the worst of it A newMinecraftgame is out right now, bringing some strategy and warfare to the blocky building world. You might be here to find out, though, ifMinecraft Legendsis suitable for kids, even with all the battling. The short answer is thatyes, you should be fine letting kids playMinecraft Legends.Minecraftis marketed towards all age groups, and Mojang does a good job of ensuring that it can appeal to the whole family....

Lego is the plural for Lego Nintendo and The LEGO Group have officially announced that their previously revealedLEGO Super Mario setswill be hitting the high street August 1, launching a new brand that marries the colour and creativity of the LEGO franchise with the action-packed adventure of theSuper Mariouniverse. Launch day will see the arrival of the Mario Starter Course ($59.99 USD); the Piranha Plant Power Slide Expansion Set ($29.99 USD) and the pricier Bowser’s Castle Boss Battle Expansion Set ($99....

Today on Mash Tactics, we have a special guest from Konami. Producer Kenji Yamamoto will be joining us in chat for his latest release,Hard Corps: Uprising. We will also be giving away Xbox Live Arcade codes so that you to will have the opportunity tochew bubblegum. Join Carnage and Pico as they team up to take on this latest release fromKonami. Hang out with Destructoid Chill Bros onJustin.tv/Destructoidevery weekday at 4PM Pacific and 12PM Pacific on weekends....

Depending on where you live and how active you are in the community, you may already be familiar withMonopoly GO’sTycoon Racers minigame, as it was introduced to the game months ago in a few select regions. However, with a recent social media post from Scopely, it seems we’ll all experience some racing action for the first time in a future update. If we’re lucky, we may even get the chance to play it this week....

There is a God after all For awhile, it seemed Capcom and Nintendo had a good thing going withMonster Hunter. Fans in the West were getting the updated “Ultimate” copies of games on 3DS and Capcom even brought over the pseudo-greatest hits gameGenerationsto Western 3DS systems. Then came the Japaneseannouncement ofXX(basicallyGenerations 2) and nothing about the West. After that, a Switch portwas announced, but still no word of a Western release....

Come kill monsters with us It’s Friday–but I’m still writing Thursday on all my checks!!!–and things are lulling into weekend mode, so we figured it’s as good a time as any to play someEvolve, which has a beta running this weekend. Two monsters, eight hunters, and twelve maps are playable. I played the alpha, by which I mean I got kicked out a lot of games because alpha tests are unstable....

Tell us how you really feel… Following on from this morning’s extraordinary news that Blizzard Entertainmentis to suspend serviceof its games in China, the president of Chinese publishing partner NetEase has blasted theWorld of Warcraftdeveloper for its role in the breakdown of contract negotiations. Speakingvery candidly on LinkedIn, Simon Zhu, spoke of his disappointment with the separation, stating that he himself had spent “10,000 hours” playing Blizzard games and claiming that he was “heartbroken” not only for himself, but for “all of the players who lived in those worlds”....

$29.99 gets you the DLC and a year of Switch Online Just last week, Nintendo announced it would be releasing a physical copy ofTetris 99in Japan and Europe. Coming in a box that includes the game and its DLC on a cartridge with a year of Switch Online, it was odd that America was left out of the equation. That would have been a perfect gift for people that want to jump into Nintendo’s crazy battle royale with little hassle....

And it’ll be a PlayStation Plus game Delays are happening in 2020. It’s just the reality of things. And sometimes those delays come down to the wire.Destruction AllStarsis the latest casualty of this crazy year. In case you forgot,Destruction AllStarswas revealed earlier this yearand is one of the few true launch PS5 exclusives (generational exclusives, really), along withDemon’s SoulsandAstro’s Playroom(the rest are also being released on either PC or PS4). Today, Sony director of product development Pete Smith broke the news thatDestruction AllStarswould indeed be missing the next-gen launch, and has been pushed back to February 2021....

But there are some drawbacks [Update:The IP block has since been brought back for some reason. Bummer.] Phantasy Star Online 2has been out since 2012 in Asia but never made the jump to English-speaking countries officially until now, sort of. The Southeast Asian version up until a couple of days ago had IP blocks in place meaning you could only access the servers if your connection originated from within that region or if you did some kind of fancy workaround....

Uh, I should probably stop buying games for a bit The PlayStation Store’s “Mid-Year Sale” might not have much of a ring to it, but I still opened my wallet forGod of War III Remastered(what gave it away!?) andRoundabout(gotta mix Kratos’ anger with unabashed full-motion-video silliness). If you haven’t already tapped out after last week’s initial set of deals, this second wave runs until Tuesday, July 12 at 8:00am Pacific....

Catch up on big games in this four-week sale We’ve reached a point where there’s always a PS4 sale of some sort running on the PlayStation Store. Right now, it’s the Summer Sale–a four-week promo withdeals mostly on PS4 games as well as a handful of PS3 and Vita titles. If you have a wishlist, give it a peek. This might be the time to bite! As someone who routinely covers these sales, a lot of the same names tend to pop up....

Oh look, another first-person shooter Plastic Piranha’sRekoilis coming out at the end of this month. Expect the Windows PC version on January 28 through Steam. The Xbox Live Arcade version is titledRekoil: Liberator, and that’s out January 29. Each version will run for $14.99, but those that want topre-order via Steamcan get the game for 30% off, bringing the game down to $10.49. What can you expect? 40 different weapons, seven game modes, ten maps, and five customizable classes....